Lindsey Young

Lindsey Young is the assistant sports editor at the Times Free Press and began his career with the News Free-Press in 1986 after graduating from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and associate’s degrees in English and Psychology. At the News Free Press and now the Times Free Press he has covered preps, mostly in the Northwest Georgia area, including numerous state championships, and has won several Tennessee Sports Writers Association awards. He was the paper’s NASCAR beat writer for 12 years and has, over the years, covered a Super Bowl, two World Series, many college football games and served as the beat writer for UTC for parts of three years. Lindsey is a 2024 inductee into the Greater Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame.

Contact Lindsey Young at lyoung@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6296.

High school roundup: Ridgeland’s last-inning rally nets softball tourney win in Dalton

by Lindsey Young ·August 15, 2020

Ridgeland rallied for eight runs in the fifth inning Friday to defeat Pepperell at the Dalton Lady Cat Classic at Heritage Point Park.

yellow ball bat and glove on the softball baseball field softball tile / Getty Images

High school sports roundup: Northwest Whitfield hands Gordon Lee rare softball loss

by Lindsey Young ·August 14, 2020

Northwest Whitfield earned a signature win early in the season Thursday with a 1-0 defeat of reigning GHSA Class A public champion Gordon Lee.

A softball rests in a glove on the field before a Class A state softball sectional game against Cosby at Sale Creek Middle/High School on Friday, May 17, 2019 in Sale Creek, Tenn.

Ringgold beats Calhoun in softball matchup of former region rivals

by Lindsey Young ·August 13, 2020

Calhoun and Ringgold have combined to win four of the past six Georgia Class AAA championships and have a combined six fastpitch titles in all.

Staff Photo by Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press - Gloves lie in a pile in the Lady Trojan Invitational softball tournament Friday, March 29, 2013, in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.

Heritage softball team overcomes sloppy play to go 2-0 against intracounty rival Ringgold

by Lindsey Young ·August 11, 2020

Two state champions. Two loaded lineups with heavy expectations of making repeat title runs.

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Heritage's Bailey Christol throws to first base during Monday's game against visiting Ringgold.

Georgia High School Association sticks with original football schedule despite COVID-19, report says

by Lindsey Young ·August 6, 2020

The Georgia High School Association, according to a report from Score Atlanta, has decided its football teams will remain on schedule to open the regular season Sept. 4.

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / Ringgold hosts Catoosa County rival Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe in football on Sept. 20, 2019.

Heritage, Gordon Lee, Ringgold hope to add more softball state titles this season

by Lindsey Young ·August 6, 2020

Northwest Georgia programs won three of the GHSA's eight fastpitch softball championships in 2019, and each team in that title-winning trio expects to contend again this fall, though two of them might have a tougher path to navigate.

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / Carmen Gayler (12) is congratulated by her Heritage teammates in the dugout after she scored a run against visiting Marist on Oct. 28, 2019, in the GHSA Class AAAA state championship matchup.

Southeast Whitfield football program hopes coaching, schedule changes lead to success

by Lindsey Young ·July 30, 2020

Even as Southeast Whitfield High School was enjoying its most successful football season in 32 years, the program's future didn't look very promising.

Staff file photo by C.B. Schmelter / Sean Gray resigned as Southeast Whitfield's head football coach after last season, but he is still working to help his alma mater succeed by taking over the team at Valley Point, one of the Raiders' middle school feeder programs.

Ringgold football coach Robert Akins: ‘There is still so much I love about this profession’

by Lindsey Young ·July 24, 2020

Robert Akins can't help but snicker a bit when asked about retirement.

Staff file photo / Veteran Ringgold football coach Robert Akins and the Tigers endured an 0-10 season last year, but he believes his players are better off after persevering through the tough times, and he has no plans to retire.

Area Georgia coaches react to new GHSA practice guidelines

by Lindsey Young ·July 24, 2020

As Tennessee high school football programs wait for a starting date for the 2020 season, programs in Georgia are getting more guidelines and fewer restrictions with official preseason work set to begin next week.

Staff photo by Robin Rudd / Ringgold kicker Gage Roach warms up before a game against rival Heritage on Aug. 30, 2019. GHSA football teams will begin official preseason preparation next week with the five-day acclimation period.

Georgia High School Assocciation pushes back start of football season

by Lindsey Young ·July 20, 2020

The Georgia High School Association Board of Trustees passed a motion Monday to push back the start of the GHSA football season by two weeks to Sept. 4.